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4.8 Data Dissemination in Year 2024- structural and stratigraphic leads in those
2025 blocks. These leads/prospects were also shown
in workstation in India Energy week conference
Large volume of 2D/3D Seismic and well data (IEW) 2025, which attracted many E&P investors/
and associated reports have been shared with participants of the conference.
stakeholders/operators since the inception of
NDR. In FY2024-25, a total of 663,363 LKM 2D 4.8.2 Data rejuvenation, reprocessing and
seismic, 161,341 SKM of 3D seismic and 1579 no reorganization through Value-addition
of well data have been disseminated to as many model of NDR:
as 20 E&P companies and 10 research/ academic
institutes. Through this, DGH has been able to Under the provision of Article 3.7 of NDR Data
generate revenue of Rs. 16.52 Cr in FY 2024-25 Policy 2017, NDR shared well data of West coast
from data sale on promotional/nominal rates to M/S TGS to develop the 3D cube from the 2D
under the NDR Policy. data. The project has been completed during FY
2024-2025.
4.8.1 Collaboration with University of The West Coast of India is a challenging area
Houston, Texas, USA:
covered by an array of vintage 2D seismic data,
Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH) ranging from 1970’s to 2010’s. The processing
entered a Memorandum of Understanding applied to each dataset is also highly variable
(MoU) with the University of Houston (UH) 7th ranging from post stack time migration to pre-
February 2023 for five years. The key Objectives stack depth migration. The existing 3D coverage
were: is quite sparse and to enable regional screening
of the area, TGS (under the value-added
1) To establish the UH-DGH Data Centre provision of NDR policy), initiated a project using
which will host geoscience data of Indian its 2Dcubed technology which would enable
sedimentary basins/blocks at Houston to informed decisions on the requirement of future
reach out to major energy companies for 3D seismic acquisitions.
facilitating them to participate in bidding
process. 2Dcubed is a proprietary software of M/S TGS for
guiding interpolation of 2D seismic data along
2) To collaborate with UH to take up subsurface/ 3D geological horizons, generated from 2D dip
geoscientific study of select Indian offshore fields and layer models which allows distances of
basins for developing regional geological kilometres to be bridged, something that would
framework and identifying most prospective otherwise not be possible with conventional
plays for exploration thereby enhance interpolation techniques.
perspectivity perception and overall value
addition from exploration point of view. (As per NDR policy DGH will have limited
visualization rights for 5 years and no selling
Under the MoU, DGH agreed to provide right of the data during that period).
subsurface data for hosting at the UH-DGH data
centre at Houston as well as for any collaborative 4.9 Industry exposure training at SDC,
technical study as mentioned above at (2). In Bhubaneswar
turn, UH agreed to provide infrastructure/space
at University of Houston Campus and engage Since its inception SDC, Bhubaneswar is
their experts to undertake geoscientific study to organising internship programme for the
enhance and showcase play-level prospectivity students across various institutes in the country.
at basinal scale of select offshore basins, notably, Through these internship programs students
Mahanadi-Bengal and Andaman. are taught about different theoretical aspects
of oil and gas exploration and production,
Basin scale interpretation studies for the three practical aspects of seismic data acquisition
basins viz. Bengal offshore, Mahanadi offshore & interpretation, attribute analysis, mapping,
and Andaman area are being carried out by overview of electrical logs and its interpretation
the University of Houston team with special technique, well correlation, estimation of
emphasize on the OALP -X blocks falling in these reservoir parameters and hydrocarbon in-place
basins. Detail analysis of those blocks has been calculation. The students were also exposed to
carried out in the University of Houston team. the industry standard software like Petrel, Geolog
The result of those analysis brings out several etc. during hands on practice sessions. SDC